Often at the end of a day when they had successfully charged a suspect he would lapse into a kind of braggadocio, the thin, frangible coating of allure that he often put on would disappear totally, and his pugilist walk would become more pronounced.

Mark Fitzpatrick, chief proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the move was a show of Iranian "braggadocio" which made an attack on its nuclear sites more likely.

Mark Fitzpatrick, chief proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the movewas a show of Iranian "braggadocio" which made an attack on its nuclear sites more likely.

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“Vivian Charles: Mr. Cod, I’m here against my better judgment considering the callous braggadocio with which you previously gave me the heave-ho.Emerson Cod: Well, if I did do any ho-heavin’ it was for your own good. There’s a time for callous braggadocio and a time for sensitivity. To the Norwegians, that time is never.Vivian Charles: I suppose it’s a holdover from their Viking ancestry. It would be difficult to rape and pillage with the subtlety of a humanist.”—Pushing Daisies, The Norwegians